The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 15, 1950
Waxing Crescent
40.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
11:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.2%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 345
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 | 78.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 107.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -20.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.36° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.83° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.