The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 5, 2026
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
3:24 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1284
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 | 317.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -3.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.29° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.23° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.