The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 3, 1902
Waxing Crescent
10.4% 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
9:54 AM
8:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.4%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -249
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 136.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.76° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.17° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.