The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 2, 2002
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
4:32 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 987
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 213.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / 0.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.70° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.63° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.