The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 15, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
78.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
2:29 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1557
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 | 125.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / 4.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.32° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.00° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.