The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 5, 1959
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:54 AM
10:18 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 456
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 | 66.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.70° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.56° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.