The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 12, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
4:43 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 26.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 33m / 7.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.12° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.61° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| 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.