The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 16, 2055
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
4:15 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1643
Events on this date
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.6° / 211.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -4.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.18° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.57° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.