The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 2, 1959
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
7:17 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 456
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 147.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.39° / 4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.15° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.