The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 2, 1996
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
12:54 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 913
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.84° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.62° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.