The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 2, 1909
Waning Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
12:22 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -163
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 301.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 25.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.58° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.17° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.