The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 1902
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
9:41 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -249
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 119.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.48° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.78° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.