The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 15, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
5:33 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 85
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 | 162.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 15.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 12.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.63° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.99° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.