The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 15, 1923
First Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 11
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 91.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.90° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.23° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.00° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.