The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 11, 2015
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
5:39 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 174.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -13.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.61° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.12° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.04° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 193.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.