The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 4, 1906
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
10:00 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -200
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 19.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.81° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.50° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.