The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 1986
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
5:38 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 790
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 169.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 52m / -18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.23° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.41° / 3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.02° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.