The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 6, 1931
Waning Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:55 AM
3:33 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 109
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 232.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 1.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.13° / 0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.60° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.