The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 4, 1984
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
2:58 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 765
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 52.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / -4.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.35° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.07° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.83° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.