The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 2138
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
5:01 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2669
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 179.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 18m / -18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.47° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.17° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 33.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.