The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 15, 1939
Waxing Crescent
20.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 AM
9:23 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 209
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 | 53.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.08° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.27° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.