The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 3, 1955
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
10:52 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 22.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.06° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / 1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.16° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.