The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 15, 1916
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 PM
12:08 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -76
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 246.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 294.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 19.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.15° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.12° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.