The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 1994
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 AM
4:52 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 888
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.5° / 190.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -12.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.91° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.29° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.