The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 5, 1953
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
4:29 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 381
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 190.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.41° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.33° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.