The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 7, 2005
Waxing Crescent
34.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
10:21 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1025
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -25.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.34° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.23° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.