The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 2, 1948
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
6:20 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 320
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 | 19.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 156.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 46m / -22.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.32° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.41° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.