The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 19, 1985
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 778
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.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 93.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.22° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.20° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.61° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.