The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 4, 2021
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 AM
6:30 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1222
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.3° / 160.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 31m / -12.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.40° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.89° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.33° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.