The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 3, 1992
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
12:29 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 864
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -8.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.94° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.62° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.