The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 2, 1944
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
10:13 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 270
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 312.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.66° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.26° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.