The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 16, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
12:20 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3066
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 85.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.20° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.10° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.