The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 13, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
5:47 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 10.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 10.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.40° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.47° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.