The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 12, 2026
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
7:28 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1285
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 141.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -27.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.29° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.36° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.