The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 15, 2053
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
9:45 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1619
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 118.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.90° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.64° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.