The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 15, 1938
Waning Crescent
38.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
1:36 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 196
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 | 283.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 260.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.02° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.82° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.