The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 14, 2016
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
7:02 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 351.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 14.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.63° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.25° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 150.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.