The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 12, 1938
Waning Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 PM
11:42 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 196
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 38m / 16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.51° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.33° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.