The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 3, 2145
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 PM
11:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2756
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 18.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.11° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.21° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.14° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.