The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 12, 1993
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
4:21 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 876
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,100 km.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 195.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.75° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.20° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.38° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.