The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 1977
Waning Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
12:20 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 678
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.96° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.82° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.