The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 12, 1997
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
4:25 PM
4:41 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 926
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.2° / 26.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 6.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.63° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.81° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.