The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
11:15 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1099
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 | 234.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 302.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.57° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.82° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.