The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 3, 2024
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 AM
6:25 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1260
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.6° / 153.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.96° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.19° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.