The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 2016
Waxing Crescent
29.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
11:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1161
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 | 65.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.9° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.68° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.50° / -4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.65° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| 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.