The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 16, 1909
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 AM
7:52 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -162
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 137.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.66° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.19° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.