The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 12, 2006
Last Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 33m / 17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.82° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.97° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.