The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
4:30 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1223
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 | 150.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 6.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.30° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.03° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.