The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 5, 1996
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
2:33 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 913
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 | 295.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.8° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.48° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.16° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.