The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 5, 2102
Waning Crescent
25.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
2:37 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2224
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.47° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.04° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.