The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 5, 1993
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
12:12 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 876
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.89° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.33° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.08° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.