The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 12, 1976
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
11:38 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 666
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 16.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.90° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.93° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.