The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 5, 2020
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
11:43 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1210
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 | 236.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 305.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.87° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.27° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.