The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 4, 1943
First Quarter
44.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 258
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.18° / 0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.97° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.