The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 4, 1982
Waning Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
10:29 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 740
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 314.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 37m / 22.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.58° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.52° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.