The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 3, 1997
Waxing Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
8:08 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 926
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 135.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.44° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.33° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.