The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 5, 1917
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
12:49 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -64
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 285.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 17.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.67° / -2.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.03° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.