The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 1906
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
11:42 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -200
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 1.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 58m / 20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.45° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.82° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.