The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 16, 1914
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
4:13 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -101
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 192.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -19.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.78° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.99° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.