The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 4, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
12:37 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 629
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 | 106.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -7.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.23° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.24° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.