The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 16, 2015
Waxing Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
9:45 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1149
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 118.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.04° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.07° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.