The Moon on this date

Moon on Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Full Moon Beaver Moon

99.9% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
62°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
99.9%
Age
15.6 days
Distance
393,500 km
Apparent size
30.4′
Constellation
Aries
Lunation number
1198

Events on this date

  1. Full Moon Beaver Moon

    The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

Exact values

For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun181.65°
Phase angle4.12°
Illuminated fraction99.87%
Altitude / azimuth-35.5° / 352.0°
Right ascension / declination3h 21m / 14.52°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude51.66° / -3.78°
Libration in longitude / latitude-4.33° / 5.69°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-5.79° / 1.24°
Position angle of the axis346.2°
Position angle of the bright limb148.0°
Apparent magnitude-12.6

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

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