The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 12, 1964
First Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 518
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.54° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.86° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.