The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 2039
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
5:45 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1446
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 167.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.74° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.01° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.09° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.