The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 12, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
4:46 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 221
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 | 153.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 26.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 8.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.97° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.03° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.