The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 4, 1926
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
5:22 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 47
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 186.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 03m / -7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.23° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / -5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.99° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.