The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 2104
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
6:53 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2249
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 357.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 25m / 17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.60° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.91° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 315.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.