The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 12, 2097
First Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2163
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.50° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.59° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.