The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 12, 1977
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 AM
6:53 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 679
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 152.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.03° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.54° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.26° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.