The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 4, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
12:47 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1668
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 101.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -17.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.79° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.86° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.