The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 4, 2027
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
11:28 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1297
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 104.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -22.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.94° / -1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.58° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.