The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 2, 1945
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
4:49 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 282
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.9° / 205.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -1.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.40° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.40° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.