The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 15, 1969
Waxing Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
11:09 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 580
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 107.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -20.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.77° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.03° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.