The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 14, 1940
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
6:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 221
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 359.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 14.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.85° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.75° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 213.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.