The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 4, 1990
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 PM
9:22 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 839
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 332.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.51° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -4.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.93° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.