The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 4, 1961
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
3:52 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 480
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 230.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / 3.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.14° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.47° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.