The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 12, 1942
Waxing Crescent
21.8% 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
12:20 PM
10:29 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 246
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 | 55.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 112.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.10° / 3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / -3.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.24° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.