The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 3, 1988
Waning Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
2:47 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 814
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 | 294.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 9.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.37° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.43° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.