The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 5, 2198
First Quarter
46.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.8%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3412
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 43m / -12.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.78° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.06° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.22° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.