The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 1966
Waxing Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
8:42 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 543
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 52.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 128.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -27.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.15° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.94° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.