The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 3, 1962
Waxing Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
10:23 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 493
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 31m / -20.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.22° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.98° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.84° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.