The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 3, 1959
Waxing Crescent
11.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
8:13 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 456
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 135.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -18.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.43° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.54° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.95° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.