The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 12, 2072
Waxing Crescent
8.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
7:45 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.1%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1854
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 140.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.90° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.41° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.