The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 3, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
6:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 938
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 2.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 12m / 8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.71° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 215.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.