The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 10, 2002
Waxing Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
10:47 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 988
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 110.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -23.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.61° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.86° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.77° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.