The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 1923
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
4:29 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 10
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 209.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.75° / 3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.87° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.26° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.