The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 4, 2024
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
7:09 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1260
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.7° / 144.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 07m / -27.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.34° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.99° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.