The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 4, 1969
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
2:52 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 579
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 | 296.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 253.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 9.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.62° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.81° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.