The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 4, 1966
Waning Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 PM
1:12 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 254.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 57m / 25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.25° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.75° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.