The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 1975
Waxing Crescent
6.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
7:19 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.4%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 654
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -20.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.76° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.88° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.