The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 15, 1949
Waning Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
2:42 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 332
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 251.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 25m / 6.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.45° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.29° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.