The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 15, 2009
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
4:13 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1074
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 | 346.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 191.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -19.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.30° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.63° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.