The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 15, 1973
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 PM
12:08 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 629
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 | 249.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 17m / 16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.78° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.36° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.