The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 1947
Waning Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
11:22 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 307
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 311.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 26.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.68° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.17° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.62° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.