The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 5, 1974
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
12:18 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 641
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.43° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.28° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.