The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 2070
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
5:32 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1828
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 177.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -12.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.94° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.34° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.