The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 12, 1974
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
4:17 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 641
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 195.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -15.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.22° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.57° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.