The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 3, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
3:13 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 431
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 49.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / 2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.52° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.18° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.