The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 15, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
3:29 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1223
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 | 139.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 44.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.06° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.17° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.