The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 4, 2017
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 PM
8:17 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1173
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 10m / 12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.54° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.64° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.