The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 16, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
12:37 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 11
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.45° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.50° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.83° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.