The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 23, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
4:42 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 444
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 29.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 11.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.23° / -0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.18° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.