The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 12, 1999
Waxing Crescent
17.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
8:48 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 951
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.34° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / -2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.51° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.