The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 5, 1961
Waning Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
4:21 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 480
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 | 328.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 215.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.36° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.67° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.