The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 12, 1947
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
5:18 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 307
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Annular solar eclipse
The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light. From Columbus, 0% of the Sun is covered at 3:34 PM.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 176.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.97° / 0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.45° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.