The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 16, 2171
Waning Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
11:06 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3078
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 27.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.96° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.28° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.