The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 1905
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
10:56 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -212
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 306.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 59m / 19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.81° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.91° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.