The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 4, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
12:01 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 394
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.86° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.03° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.