The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 15, 1957
Waning Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
1:29 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 431
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 | 280.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 5.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.48° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.64° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.