The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 19, 1955
Waxing Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
9:34 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 120.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.09° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.06° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.87° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.