The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 15, 1978
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 PM
7:49 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 342.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 16.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.33° / -4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.