The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 3, 1946
Waxing Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
12:21 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 295
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.11° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.59° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.