The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 AM
3:01 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1284
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 242.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 3.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.15° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.04° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.