The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 1, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
1:55 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1136
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 66.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -7.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.64° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.79° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.