The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 3, 1947
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
12:26 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 307
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 301.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 26.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.93° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / -4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.78° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.