The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
12:57 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 23
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.22° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.92° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.