The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 12, 1934
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
10:40 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 147
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 111.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -20.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.26° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.10° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.