The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 16, 1970
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
10:58 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 592
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 316.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 28m / 27.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 96.26° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.51° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.