The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 15, 1928
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
7:25 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 73
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 141.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -25.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.81° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.57° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.