The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 15, 1982
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
5:36 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 741
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 173.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -15.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.88° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.50° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 217.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.