The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 19, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
1:18 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1854
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 73.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -5.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.25° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.16° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.