The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 20, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
2:21 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 679
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 60.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / 1.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.00° / 1.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.84° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.