The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 12, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:44 PM
2:18 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2670
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / 0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.57° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.32° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.