The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 1939
Waxing Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
10:20 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 209
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 112.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.47° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.09° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.