The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
1:43 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1656
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 | 118.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.3° / 69.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -6.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.02° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.43° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.