The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 5, 1972
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
4:52 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 616
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 181.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.58° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.32° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.15° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.