The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 14, 1953
First Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 382
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -10.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.93° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.95° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.