The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 3, 1960
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
6:58 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 468
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 350.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.77° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.23° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.