The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 3, 2002
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
5:02 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 987
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 194.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.83° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.84° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.