The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
11:58 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1136
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 01m / 15.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.12° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.36° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.