The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 12, 1926
First Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
11:52 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 48
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 100.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -18.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.30° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.46° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.