The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 1955
Last Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 13.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.87° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.64° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.