The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 19, 2104
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
6:37 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2250
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 153.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -22.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.32° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.93° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.