The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 12, 2004
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
5:15 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1013
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 174.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.10° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.14° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 341.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.