The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 2, 1943
Waxing Crescent
23.5% 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
12:33 PM
10:29 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 258
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 | 57.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 112.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.18° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.34° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.