The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 2, 1928
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
12:33 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 72
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 | 245.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 26.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.82° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.97° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.