The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 2, 2043
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
5:38 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1495
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 167.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.76° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.71° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.79° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.