The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 3, 1969
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
2:30 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.4° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 58m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.48° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.63° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.