The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Waning Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
2:43 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.4° / 243.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.47° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.50° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.