The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 1934
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
4:44 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 146
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 184.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -18.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.49° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.72° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.