The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 3, 2000
Waxing Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
11:22 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 963
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 31m / -20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.07° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.23° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.