The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 3, 1986
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
6:17 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 790
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 156.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -23.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.04° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.82° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.