The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 12, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
6:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 827
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 5.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 34m / 20.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.64° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.24° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.