The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 12, 1908
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
11:33 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -175
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 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 306.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 24.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.55° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.27° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.