The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 2, 1991
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
3:11 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 851
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / -1.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.65° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.15° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.