The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 5, 1971
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
10:33 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 604
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 | 219.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 22m / 26.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.62° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.27° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.