The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 12, 1983
First Quarter
50.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.6%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 753
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.27° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.22° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.