The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 4, 2143
Waning Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
3:50 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2731
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 215.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -6.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.37° / -2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.43° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.