The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 2006
Waning Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
3:02 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 231.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -3.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.25° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.69° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.