The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 6, 1911
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
7:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -138
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 8:40 AM, is deepest at 10:36 AM and ends at 12:32 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.2° / 355.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.85° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 25.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.