The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 19, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
1:19 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 679
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 72.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -2.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.22° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.50° / -2.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.00° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.