The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 4, 1902
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
8:49 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -249
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.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 58m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.64° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.98° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.