The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 14, 2011
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
10:33 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1099
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 313.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.01° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.32° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.67° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| 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.