The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 5, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
5:47 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 666
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 | 166.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 11.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.81° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.11° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.