The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 2, 2009
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
6:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1074
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 358.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.23° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.88° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 321.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.