The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 16, 2001
Waxing Crescent
2.5% 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
8:40 AM
6:29 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 976
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 | 18.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 155.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.57° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.49° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.