The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 10, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
2:33 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.04° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / 1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.91° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.