The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 4, 1908
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
2:28 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -175
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -7.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.37° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.88° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.3° |
| 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.