The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 15, 1988
Waxing Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
10:54 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 815
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 | 74.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.23° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.23° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.