The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 12, 2039
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
3:37 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1445
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 234.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 3.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.69° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.11° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.