The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 3, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
3:55 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 666
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 39.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.41° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.