The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 2, 1929
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
6:07 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 85
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 161.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.88° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.24° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.