The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 4, 1976
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
4:51 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 666
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 | 155.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 25.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 8.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.99° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.26° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.