The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 4, 1962
Waxing Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
11:25 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 493
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 104.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.41° / -0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.66° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.