The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 15, 1985
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 AM
7:59 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 778
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 | 43.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 30m / -27.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.76° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.33° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| 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.