The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 5, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
3:41 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -175
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 39.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / -1.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.90° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.73° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.