The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 15, 1970
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
10:03 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 592
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 | 210.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 327.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 27.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.24° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.37° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.