The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 1, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1000
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 | 96.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.34° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.85° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.71° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.