The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 15, 1995
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 901
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 270.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 8.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.35° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.05° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.