The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 1, 1959
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 AM
6:25 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 456
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 161.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.26° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.36° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.