The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 12, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
4:27 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 456
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 31.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 6.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.88° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.41° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.1° |
| 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.