The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 12, 1955
Waning Crescent
3.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 AM
4:04 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.2%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 199.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -14.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.38° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.76° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.