The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 12, 2009
Waning Crescent
18.5% 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
2:45 AM
2:44 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1074
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 | 309.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -4.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.79° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.04° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.