The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 2, 1953
Waning Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 AM
3:17 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 381
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 230.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / -2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.64° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.73° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| 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.