The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 2, 1917
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
10:44 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -64
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 | 224.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.2° / 314.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 33m / 24.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.95° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.56° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.