The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 16, 1996
Waxing Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
11:00 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 914
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 | 72.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -14.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.98° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.69° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.