The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 1, 2046
Waxing Crescent
13.9% 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
11:54 AM
9:00 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1532
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 126.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -26.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.97° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.83° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.36° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.