The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 11, 1958
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
5:58 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 444
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 167.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -16.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.95° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / -2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.27° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.