The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 15, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
3:58 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -51
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 38.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 10.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.95° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.38° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.