The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 4, 2072
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 AM
3:17 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1853
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 | 285.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 11.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.70° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.49° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.