The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 15, 1984
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
1:29 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 765
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 284.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.06° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.81° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.