The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 2005
Waxing Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
7:59 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1025
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 135.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -28.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.26° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.60° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.