The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
2:03 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1136
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 63.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 58m / -3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.55° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / -3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.12° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.