The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 5, 1970
Waxing Crescent
40.9% 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
1:15 PM
11:07 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 592
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 | 79.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 108.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 20m / -21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.21° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.72° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.12° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.