The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 5, 2051
Waxing Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
7:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1594
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 150.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.90° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.86° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.