The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 2045
First Quarter
50.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.7%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1520
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -12.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.45° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.83° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.