The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 5, 2021
Waxing Crescent
0.9% 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
8:55 AM
7:06 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1223
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 148.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 29m / -18.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.43° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.47° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.