The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 7, 2105
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
5:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2262
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 164.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.10° / -0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.39° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.