The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 19, 2006
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
4:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 191.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 38m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.30° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.27° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.