The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 19, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
6:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 753
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 6.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.78° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.