The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 1, 2005
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 AM
5:09 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1024
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 181.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.14° / -1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.64° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.41° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.