The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 2, 1951
Waxing Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
7:41 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 357
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 138.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.70° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.48° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.