The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 30, 1957
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
1:03 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 432
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 75.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / 0.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.61° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.55° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.59° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.