The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 12, 1930
Waning Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
1:23 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 97
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.95° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.97° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.6° |
| 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.