The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 15, 1966
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
7:42 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 543
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 | 40.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.9° / 138.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -27.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.01° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.13° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.