The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 1904
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
4:30 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -225
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 208.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -4.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.28° / 2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / -2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.46° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.