The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 11, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% 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
3:30 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 926
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.92° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.96° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.7° |
| 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.