The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 3, 2106
First Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
12:03 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2274
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -13.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.59° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.84° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.