The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 15, 1997
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
8:09 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 926
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 | 194.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.5° / 337.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.29° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.60° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.