The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 4, 2042
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
2:02 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1482
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 280.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.96° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.75° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.