The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 3, 2047
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
8:03 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1544
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 190.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 345.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.06° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.00° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.