The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 15, 1998
Waning Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
3:51 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 938
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 | 322.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 02m / -2.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.36° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.16° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.