The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 3, 1912
Waning Crescent
32.6% 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
12:38 AM
2:51 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -126
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.44° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.42° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.