The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 2, 1962
Waxing Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
9:25 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 493
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 121.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.32° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.02° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.