The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 16, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
12:16 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1186
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -12.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.12° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.01° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.