The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 12, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
2:20 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3140
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / 2.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.89° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.70° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.