The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 2, 1901
Waning Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
12:50 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.17° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.02° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.79° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.