The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 15, 1903
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
3:23 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -237
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 227.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -3.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.65° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.33° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.