The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
2:04 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 617
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 36m / 2.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.46° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.83° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.