The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 19, 2078
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
7:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1928
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 7:03 AM, is deepest at 7:37 AM and ends at 8:11 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 353.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 21.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.21° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.64° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.