The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 2, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% 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
4:55 PM
4:54 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 703
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 20.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.86° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.73° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.