The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 3, 2008
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
9:33 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1062
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 121.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.64° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.87° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.