The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Waning Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
4:37 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1086
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 200.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -7.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.56° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 7.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.64° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.