The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 3, 1981
Waxing Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
10:40 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 728
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 | 74.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 110.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.02° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 0.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.03° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.