The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 1975
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
4:51 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 653
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 189.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -12.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.06° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.50° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.