The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 21, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
3:21 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 679
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 5.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.53° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.69° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.