The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 11, 1996
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
6:03 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 914
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 166.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.30° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.34° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.65° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| 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.