The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 11, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
3:39 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 42.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 2.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.66° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.76° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.