The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 3, 1921
Waxing Crescent
15.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
8:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -14
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 129.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 45m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.51° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.35° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.