The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 1921
Waxing Crescent
31.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
10:27 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -14
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 | 68.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 111.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -16.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.30° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.97° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.