The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
5:38 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1025
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 168.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -20.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.31° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.21° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.