The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 16, 2024
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
8:23 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1260
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 345.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.06° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.94° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.