The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 30, 1955
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
8:34 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 407
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 339.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 22.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.95° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / 1.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.79° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.