The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
9:23 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 322.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 39m / 18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.07° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.52° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.