The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 12, 1960
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
1:57 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 468
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 9.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.83° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.18° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.