The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 15, 2149
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
7:15 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2806
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 349.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 15.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.25° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.50° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.