The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 2, 1942
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
3:23 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 245
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.9° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.21° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.78° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.