The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 16, 1973
Waning Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 PM
12:43 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 629
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 | 262.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.90° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.52° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.