The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 5, 1929
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:18 AM
8:09 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 85
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 133.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -27.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.52° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.64° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.