The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 13, 1955
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
4:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 406
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 186.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.70° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.96° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.