The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 4, 1988
Waning Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
3:07 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 814
Events on this date
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.8° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 4.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.15° / -0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.62° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.62° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| 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.