The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 2042
Waning Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
12:43 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1482
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 27.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.72° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.42° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.