The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 14, 2015
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
7:52 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1149
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 138.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.08° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.45° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.