The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 16, 2049
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
12:30 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1569
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.02° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.00° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.54° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.