The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
3:23 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1272
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 45.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 1.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.73° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.