The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 1941
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
8:17 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 233
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 334.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.56° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.27° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.