The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 16, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
12:21 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 716
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 | 103.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 83.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.85° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / 3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.44° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.