The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 1921
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
8:11 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -14
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 338.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 28m / 17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.16° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.74° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.