The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 15, 1992
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
11:57 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 864
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 292.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.36° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.17° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.