The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 15, 1990
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 AM
3:58 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 839
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 | 341.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 197.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.72° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.83° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.