The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 1927
Last Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 60
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 273.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.85° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.29° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.55° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.