The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
7:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1272
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 354.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.73° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 10.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.