The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 2, 1973
Waxing Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
11:36 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 629
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 101.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.98° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.58° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.