The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
2:19 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 60
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 60.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -7.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.09° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.07° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.