The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 15, 2057
Waning Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
11:14 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1668
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 310.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.62° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.78° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| 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.