The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 5, 1936
Last Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
1:05 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 171
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.92° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.16° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.85° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.