The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 3, 1948
Waxing Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
7:02 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 320
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 146.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -25.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.04° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.21° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.