The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 4, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
12:59 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2274
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.57° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.67° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.