The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 16, 1974
Waxing Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
7:30 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 642
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 | 32.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 142.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.98° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.63° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.