The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 5, 2151
Waning Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
5:14 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2830
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.0° / 201.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / 1.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.45° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.44° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.