The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 3, 2072
Last Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
2:36 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1853
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.64° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.31° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.