The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 2, 1963
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
8:05 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 505
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 | 196.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 336.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 15.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.69° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.43° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.