The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 1917
Last Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -64
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 275.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 13.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.70° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.20° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.