The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 3, 2073
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 PM
10:11 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1866
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 22m / -19.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.23° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.08° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.82° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.