The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 16, 1990
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
4:29 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 839
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 185.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.75° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.02° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.