The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
10:48 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1210
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 | 224.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 313.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 24.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.58° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.12° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.