The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
4:09 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1173
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 | 328.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 213.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.02° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.96° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.