The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 19, 2004
First Quarter
55.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1013
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -14.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.65° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.82° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| 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.