The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 2196
Waning Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
2:46 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3387
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 228.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -8.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.44° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.18° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.