The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 3, 1970
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
8:42 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 592
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 129.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -27.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.77° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.48° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.