The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 5, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
5:26 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -274
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 17.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.35° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.13° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.