The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 4, 1964
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
5:56 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 518
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.7° / 168.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -13.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.92° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.38° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.