The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 3, 1999
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
3:38 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 950
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 240.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 28m / 7.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.95° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.70° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.