The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 19, 1946
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
3:31 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 295
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 229.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -0.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.99° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.89° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.