The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 3, 1989
Waxing Crescent
22.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
8:54 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.2%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 827
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 56.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.6° / 127.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -26.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.32° / -3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.68° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.