The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 3, 1949
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
4:51 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 332
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 24.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 6.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.41° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.59° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.