The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 5, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
6:11 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2682
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 8.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 56m / 17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.08° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.00° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.