The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 4, 1986
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
7:07 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 790
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 145.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -26.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.92° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.61° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.