The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 4, 2102
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
3:14 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2224
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 248.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 8.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.90° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.35° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.