The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 15, 1959
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
7:16 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 456
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 350.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.90° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.02° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.