The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
12:56 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -224
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 77.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.19° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.23° / 0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.46° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.