The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
3:33 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 60
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.2° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / -1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.90° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.92° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.