The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 2, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
3:22 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1037
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 | 140.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 45.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / 0.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.76° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.52° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.