The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 15, 2104
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
3:52 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2249
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 202.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -15.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.52° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.28° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.