The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 2, 2051
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 AM
6:06 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1593
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 168.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -10.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.85° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.02° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| 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.