The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 23, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
5:18 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 679
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 20.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 12.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.04° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.41° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.