The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 2, 1982
Waning Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
8:04 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 740
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 | 195.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 337.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.55° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.23° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.