The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 13, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
5:24 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 456
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 17.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.97° / -2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.26° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.