The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 3, 1994
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
5:38 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 889
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. Not visible from Columbus.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 173.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -15.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.06° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.50° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.