The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 2, 1916
First Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -76
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 97.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 46m / -16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.50° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / -1.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.82° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.