The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
2:19 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1087
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 61.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 41m / 3.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.02° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.41° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.