The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 4, 2004
Waning Gibbous
55.3% 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
11:19 PM
1:45 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1012
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 23.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.70° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.33° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.