The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 16, 2012
Waxing Crescent
11.4% 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
10:12 AM
8:14 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1112
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 135.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 17m / -20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.96° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.02° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.