The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
1:23 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1235
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 73.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -16.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.39° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.26° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.