The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 16, 2156
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
8:00 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2893
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -27.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.81° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.47° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.