The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 15, 1906
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
5:15 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -200
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 184.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -11.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.21° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.46° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.