The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 15, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
4:24 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 419
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 | 147.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 33.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 11.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.07° / 3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.79° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.