The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 15, 1944
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
6:30 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 270
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 159.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -13.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.09° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.44° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 159.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.