The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 15, 2161
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
3:59 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2954
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 203.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -13.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.91° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.52° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.