The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 3, 2141
Waxing Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
10:09 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2707
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.18° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / -1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.33° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.