The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 2072
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1853
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 09m / 17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.80° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.14° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| 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.