The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 3, 2012
Waning Gibbous
80.5% 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
10:07 PM
12:07 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1111
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 | 232.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 17m / 20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.09° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.03° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.