The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 3, 1937
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
5:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 184
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 169.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 55m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.71° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.72° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.