The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 15, 1940
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
7:34 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 221
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 346.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 55m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.00° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.39° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| 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.