The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 2, 2108
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 AM
6:16 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2298
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 168.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -9.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.51° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.24° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.