The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 2, 1961
Waning Crescent
28.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 AM
2:53 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 480
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 255.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 10.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.27° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.09° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.