The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Waning Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 PM
12:26 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1012
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 303.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 27.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.92° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.99° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.