The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 19, 1987
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
3:59 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 802
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 198.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.83° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.47° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.