The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 16, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
1:30 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 852
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 | 113.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.71° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.20° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.