The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 16, 1906
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
5:58 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -199
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 167.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.42° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.34° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.