The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 14, 1955
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 AM
5:17 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 173.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -20.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.84° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.16° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 332.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.