The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 16, 2145
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
7:24 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2757
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 145.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.31° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.94° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.