The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 19, 1998
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
5:58 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 167.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -15.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.89° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.05° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.