The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 16, 1985
Waxing Crescent
22.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
9:08 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.8%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 778
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 | 56.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -26.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.06° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.56° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.14° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.