The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 1955
Waning Gibbous
63.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
12:29 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.87° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.48° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.