The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 4, 1983
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
5:35 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 752
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 30m / -11.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.83° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.23° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 151.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.