The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 7, 1955
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
1:39 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.9° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.59° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.81° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.