The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 15, 1979
Waning Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
3:25 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 703
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 | 313.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.34° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.35° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.