The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 15, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
12:43 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2732
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -4.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.44° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.44° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.