The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 1955
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 AM
6:49 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 150.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.72° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / 0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.44° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.