The Moon on this date

Moon on Thursday, November 2, 2180

Full Moon Hunter's Moon

100.0% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
65°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
100.0%
Age
14.6 days
Distance
405,000 km
Apparent size
29.5′
Constellation
Aries
Lunation number
3189

Events on this date

  1. Full Moon Hunter's Moon

    The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

  2. Partial lunar eclipse

    Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 5:22 AM, is deepest at 6:49 AM and ends at 8:16 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.

Exact values

For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun182.40°
Phase angle2.42°
Illuminated fraction99.96%
Altitude / azimuth-30.9° / 336.3°
Right ascension / declination2h 43m / 16.17°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude43.33° / 0.36°
Libration in longitude / latitude1.35° / 0.14°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-0.59° / -0.17°
Position angle of the axis340.9°
Position angle of the bright limb80.0°
Apparent magnitude-12.6

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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