The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 3, 1901
Last Quarter
45.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 271.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 11.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.45° / -5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / 7.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.96° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| 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.