The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 5, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
2:33 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 295
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 | 131.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 57.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.57° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.28° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.