The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Waning Gibbous
95.4% 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
6:37 PM
9:18 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1074
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 | 204.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 332.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.11° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.73° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| 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.