The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 1983
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
6:08 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 753
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 | 9.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 163.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -16.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.60° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.90° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.56° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.