The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 16, 1979
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
3:55 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 703
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 | 324.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 218.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.45° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.55° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.