The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 16, 2054
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
8:19 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1631
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.4° / 335.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.07° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.98° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| 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.