The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 3, 2001
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
9:23 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 975
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 325.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 38m / 20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.78° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.17° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.