The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 15, 1954
Waning Gibbous
67.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
12:11 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 394
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 249.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.24° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.07° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.57° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| 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.