The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 12, 2116
First Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2398
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 Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 54m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.51° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.95° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.