The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 3, 2016
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
9:27 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1161
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.45° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.03° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.