The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 16, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
96.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
5:13 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.1%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -51
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 22.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 15.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.98° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.24° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.