The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 15, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
2:52 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 988
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 | 132.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.2° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.62° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.78° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.95° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.