The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 3, 1931
Last Quarter
45.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 109
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.44° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.04° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.