The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 1, 2013
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
5:21 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1123
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 186.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -7.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.36° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.38° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.