The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 3, 2046
Waxing Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
11:12 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1532
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 106.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.86° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.25° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.97° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.