The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 4, 2028
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
10:28 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1309
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 318.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.95° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.01° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.