The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 16, 2052
Waning Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
2:56 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1606
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 236.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -1.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.27° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.64° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.