The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 2, 1981
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
9:46 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 118.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -21.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.98° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.22° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.