The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 15, 2088
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
7:19 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2052
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 145.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.38° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.68° / -4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.17° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.