The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 16, 2063
Waning Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 AM
2:53 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1742
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 230.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / -5.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.34° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.91° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.