The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 2157
New Moon
0.3% 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
8:34 AM
6:19 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2905
Events on this date
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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 | 4.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 157.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.94° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.86° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 336.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.