The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 3, 2040
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
6:01 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1457
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 171.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.83° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.92° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.