The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 2, 2015
Waning Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 PM
12:47 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 15.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.64° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.24° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.