The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 3, 1977
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
12:58 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 678
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 14.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.03° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.75° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.99° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.