The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 4, 2073
Waxing Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 PM
11:10 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1866
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 | 66.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 106.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.95° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.56° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.63° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.