The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 12, 1961
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
9:16 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 481
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 123.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -19.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.79° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.93° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.