The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 PM
3:13 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1099
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 | 123.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 48.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.53° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.17° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.