The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 16, 1998
Waning Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
4:20 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 938
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 | 333.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 207.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -6.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.20° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.59° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.35° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.