The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 15, 2020
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
5:50 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1211
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 167.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.77° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.88° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.