The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 3, 2061
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1717
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 24.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.63° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.88° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.