The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 8, 1955
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
2:09 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.03° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.99° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.