The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
12:34 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 481
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 | 105.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.82° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.24° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.