The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 3, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
7:05 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1173
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 342.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 8.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.79° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.50° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.