The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 5, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:04 PM
12:37 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 258
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 | 96.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -15.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.26° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / 1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.80° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.