The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 19, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
2:34 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 815
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 56.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / 3.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.59° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.