The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 5, 2172
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
11:57 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3090
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 308.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 28.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.28° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.15° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.