The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 2, 1935
Waxing Crescent
36.4% 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
12:44 PM
10:43 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 159
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.7° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -20.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.44° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.19° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.