The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 4, 1948
Waxing Crescent
14.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
7:52 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.3%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 320
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.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 136.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -27.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.37° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.01° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.