The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 15, 1920
Waxing Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
9:32 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -26
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 120.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.77° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.91° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.