The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 16, 1936
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
7:02 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 172
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 147.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -23.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.73° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.05° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.