The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 4, 1956
Waxing Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
6:54 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 419
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 150.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.43° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.70° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.