The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 3, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 PM
6:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 703
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 | 172.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 2.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.48° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.11° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.58° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.