The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 15, 2045
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 PM
11:23 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1520
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.63° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.01° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.