The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 4, 1901
Waning Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
2:00 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.8° / 260.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 55m / 7.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.36° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.10° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.14° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.