The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 3, 1990
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
8:05 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 839
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 345.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.35° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.79° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.