The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 1, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
4:53 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 468
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 21.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 4.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.70° / -2.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.52° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.9° |
| 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.