The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 1969
Last Quarter
46.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.3%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.53° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.45° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.