The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 15, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
12:10 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2262
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 | 98.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 84.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.68° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.89° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.