The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 14, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
6:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 456
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 3.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 12.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.97° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.28° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.12° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.