The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 1966
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
11:23 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 229.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 312.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 27.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.61° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.43° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.