The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
10:33 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1111
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 312.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.48° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / 2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.72° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.