The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Last Quarter
45.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1272
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.33° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.41° / -1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.76° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.