The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 15, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
2:15 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 48
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 61.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.12° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.99° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.