The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 12, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
4:35 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 27.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 34m / 6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.09° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.02° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.