The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 1902
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
7:15 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -249
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 | 26.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.81° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.33° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.37° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.