The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
8:15 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1161
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 | 196.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 335.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.96° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.39° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.