The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 12, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
3:18 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1025
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 | 137.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 47.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 2.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.97° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.41° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.