The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 1947
Last Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
2:03 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 307
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 22.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.40° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.11° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.