The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 4, 2105
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:01 AM
4:11 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2261
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 | 336.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 204.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -10.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.04° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.99° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.