The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 5, 2078
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
6:52 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1928
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 150.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -19.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.00° / -1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.24° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.