The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 4, 2000
First Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 963
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.91° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / 3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.06° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.