The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 5, 2015
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
2:32 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1148
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 | 294.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.27° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.78° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.