The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 16, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
5:28 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 419
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 19.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.35° / 2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.65° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.