The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 5, 2001
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
11:30 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 975
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.45° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.47° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.