The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 6, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
2:01 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 23
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.7° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -6.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.35° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.76° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.