The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
8:08 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1074
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 345.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.07° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.30° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.58° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.