The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 1997
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 AM
7:21 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 926
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 | 26.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 145.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -16.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.62° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.53° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.