The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 1938
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 PM
4:32 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 196
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 | 151.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.1° / 30.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 8.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.43° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.68° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.