The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 16, 1963
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
5:49 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 506
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 168.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.20° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.11° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.