The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 12, 1991
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
10:30 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 852
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 111.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.46° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / -1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.87° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.