The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 3, 1980
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
3:49 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 715
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 233.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 4.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.29° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.08° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.