The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 5, 2017
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
8:29 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1173
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.3° / 331.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 12m / 16.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.09° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.29° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.