The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 1, 2002
Waning Crescent
14.4% 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
2:48 AM
4:04 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 987
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 233.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 6.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.76° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.43° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.