The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 17, 1955
Waxing Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
7:41 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 140.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.52° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.28° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.24° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.