The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 15, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
65.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
12:52 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.5%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 382
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 | 107.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 44m / -4.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.00° / 3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.79° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.