The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 1, 1942
Last Quarter
46.3% 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
12:32 AM
2:47 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 245
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.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 15.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.05° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.70° / 2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.60° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.