The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 2, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 295
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 | 95.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -20.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.50° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 6.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.76° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.