The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Last Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 13.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.12° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.41° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.