The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 2079
Waning Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
2:09 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1940
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.82° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.62° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.