The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 2, 2102
Last Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2224
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 17.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.21° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.33° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.99° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.