The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 15, 1962
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
11:04 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 493
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 307.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 21.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.21° / -1.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.96° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.