The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 1966
Last Quarter
52.6% 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
11:42 PM
1:54 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 542
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 283.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.98° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.92° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.