The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 19, 1966
First Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
11:53 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 543
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 100.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.55° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.39° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.