The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 4, 2002
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
5:34 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 987
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 176.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -12.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.00° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.18° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.04° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 152.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.