The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 5, 1956
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
7:45 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 419
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 | 35.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 139.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.01° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / -1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.50° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.