The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 3, 1918
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
5:11 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -52
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 178.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.65° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.47° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 42.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.