The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 3, 1972
Waning Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
3:56 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 616
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 207.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.54° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.75° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.