The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 3, 1978
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
8:06 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 136.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.28° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.14° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.