The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 3, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
4:38 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 27.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 7.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.63° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.37° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.