The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 6, 1926
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
6:23 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 48
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 159.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.35° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.60° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.