The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 2, 2106
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2274
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 97.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -15.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.70° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.02° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.