The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 16, 1943
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
12:21 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 258
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 16m / 20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.76° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.86° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.81° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.