The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 3, 1996
Last Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 913
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 12.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.69° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.80° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.