The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 16, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
3:37 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1693
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.76° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.57° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.