The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
6:04 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1112
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 11.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 163.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.88° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.42° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.