The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% 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
3:38 PM
3:33 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1928
Events on this date
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Mars, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 43.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.99° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.77° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.7° |
| 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.