The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 1944
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
7:05 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 271
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 | 8.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 148.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.61° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.24° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.