The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
5:12 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1594
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 20.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 11.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.99° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.98° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.