The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 4, 1972
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
4:22 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 616
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 194.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -15.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.61° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.95° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.