The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 12, 1950
Waxing Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
7:30 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 345
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 140.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -28.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.50° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.39° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.