The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 12, 2010
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 PM
11:24 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1087
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 | 79.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.37° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.84° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.07° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.