The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 2185
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
2:07 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3251
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 64.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 30m / -11.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.80° / -2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.93° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.