The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 16, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
4:52 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1458
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 25.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 54m / 9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.76° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.25° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.