The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 5, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
5:07 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 431
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 21.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.54° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.88° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.