The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 2163
Waxing Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2979
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 93.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -14.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.74° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.79° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.