The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 15, 2155
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
12:52 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2880
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.2° / 291.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.28° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.32° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.