The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 12, 1953
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
10:30 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 382
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 112.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.72° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.30° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.