The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 3, 2003
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
1:31 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1000
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 71.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.26° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.28° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.38° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.