The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 13, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
5:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 926
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 | 167.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 8.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 10.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.35° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.68° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.