The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 1, 1955
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
8:41 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 335.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 44m / 21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.53° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.87° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.