The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 16, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 PM
3:27 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 48
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 44.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 0.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.68° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.84° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.