The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 15, 1996
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
9:53 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 914
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 117.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.73° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.87° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.