The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 12, 2068
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
10:23 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1804
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 312.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 19.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.70° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.73° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.