The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 19, 1901
First Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -261
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 87.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -6.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.07° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.01° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.