The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 1950
First Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 345
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 95.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.74° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.36° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.66° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.