The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 5, 1978
Waxing Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
10:07 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.89° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.75° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.