The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 24, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
6:14 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 679
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 7.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 15.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.11° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.27° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.