The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 2, 2000
Waxing Crescent
35.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
10:26 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.3%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 963
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 112.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -21.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.28° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.42° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.