The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 3, 1939
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
12:38 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 208
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 | 259.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 283.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 02m / 15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.41° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.41° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.