The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 1916
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
12:37 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -76
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 285.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.93° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.28° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.