The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 4, 1977
Waning Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 678
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 270.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 11.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.33° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.16° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.