The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 12, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
2:58 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 320
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / -0.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.61° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.