The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 2, 2188
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
5:21 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3288
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 14.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.42° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.46° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.