The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 1988
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 AM
3:26 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 814
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 | 316.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 229.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -1.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.97° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.81° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.