The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 4, 2176
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
7:12 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3140
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 144.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -26.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.48° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.12° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.