The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 1980
Waning Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
4:44 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 715
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 203.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 20m / -3.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.96° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.48° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.