The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 3, 2131
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
5:57 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2583
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 358.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 3.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.45° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.20° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.