The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 12, 1988
Waxing Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
7:23 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 815
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 142.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.68° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.79° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.