The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 5, 1937
Waxing Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:22 AM
7:04 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 184
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 | 27.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 147.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -21.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.46° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.31° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.