The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Waxing Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
8:03 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1260
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 | 47.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 134.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -28.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.90° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.80° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.