The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 12, 1901
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 AM
6:22 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -261
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 | 15.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 158.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.65° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.30° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.