The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 19, 2015
First Quarter
55.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1149
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -8.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.69° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / -2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.55° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.