The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 5, 2046
First Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1532
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.7° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -14.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.57° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.10° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.