The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 16, 2197
First Quarter
51.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.1%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3400
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -8.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.05° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.67° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.94° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.