The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 12, 1962
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
7:47 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 493
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 341.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.79° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.54° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.