The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 16, 2008
Waning Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
11:15 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1062
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 | 228.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 310.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 25.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.05° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.12° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.