The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 12, 1979
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
1:56 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 703
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 11m / 10.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.82° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.80° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.