The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
8:03 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.9° / 136.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -15.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.63° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.44° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.