The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 3, 1928
Waning Gibbous
59.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
1:25 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 72
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 | 258.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 12m / 24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.87° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.13° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.