The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 16, 1902
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
8:09 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -249
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 338.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 24m / 18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.31° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.93° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| 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.