The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 15, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
6:03 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 320
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 | 167.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 9.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 15.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.75° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.42° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.18° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| 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.