The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 4, 2133
First Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
11:33 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2608
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.19° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.99° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.