The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 12, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 988
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 90.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -16.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.65° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.42° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.