The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 11, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
3:28 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 456
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 45.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / 2.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.65° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.55° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.