The Moon on this date

Moon on Friday, November 12, 2190

Waning Gibbous

99.5% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
NE
Highest
70°
Moonset
NW
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
99.5%
Age
14.7 days
Distance
395,900 km
Apparent size
30.2′
Constellation
Taurus
Lunation number
3313

Events on this date

  1. Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

  2. Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

  3. Saturn behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

Exact values

For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun187.58°
Phase angle7.84°
Illuminated fraction99.53%
Altitude / azimuth-27.7° / 348.2°
Right ascension / declination3h 42m / 21.77°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude58.13° / 2.10°
Libration in longitude / latitude3.74° / -2.03°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-3.48° / -0.49°
Position angle of the axis348.3°
Position angle of the bright limb66.4°
Apparent magnitude-12.5

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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