The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 2, 2019
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
11:14 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1198
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 106.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -22.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.00° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / 1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.31° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.