The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 1997
Waxing Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
9:57 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 926
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 | 62.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 116.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.67° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.94° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| 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.