The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 15, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
2:03 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 753
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 | 123.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / -6.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.14° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.74° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.