The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 18, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
12:16 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 679
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 83.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 27m / -6.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.13° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.16° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.