The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 5, 1920
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
2:38 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -27
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.61° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.13° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.