The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 1994
Waxing Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
7:28 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 889
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 144.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.33° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.09° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.