The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 2059
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
4:27 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1692
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 212.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.73° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.85° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.