The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 15, 1930
Waning Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 AM
2:50 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 97
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 248.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.47° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.49° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.