The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 15, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
4:05 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 654
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 38.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 9.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.69° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.14° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.