The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 1, 1946
First Quarter
45.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
11:18 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 295
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.23° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.93° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.