The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 1969
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
3:13 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 579
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 | 307.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 240.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 3.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.02° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.01° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.