The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 16, 1971
Waning Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
4:06 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 604
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 | 344.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 193.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.56° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.21° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.