The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 16, 1901
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
9:50 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -261
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 117.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -16.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.72° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.53° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.