The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 1, 2059
Waning Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
5:06 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1692
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 209.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 4.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.37° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.14° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.