The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 4, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
5:56 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 10.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.57° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.23° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.