The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 2, 1934
Waning Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 AM
3:01 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 146
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 2.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.27° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.92° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.