The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 2, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 PM
2:17 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 431
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 61.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -1.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.65° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.43° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.34° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.