The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 2, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
5:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1173
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 359.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 3.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.34° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.64° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.