The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 16, 2026
Waxing Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
11:31 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1285
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 102.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.67° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.63° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.