The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 3, 1929
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
6:41 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 85
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 | 25.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 151.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -23.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.29° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / 3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.04° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.