The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 1, 1961
Waning Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
2:21 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 480
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 13.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.47° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.90° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.