The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 5, 2048
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
4:52 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1556
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 184.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.35° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.16° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.