The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 4, 1978
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
9:04 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 691
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 125.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.58° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.94° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.