The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 5, 2010
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:30 AM
5:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1086
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 168.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -17.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.92° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.05° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.