The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 6, 1937
Waxing Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
7:54 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 184
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 137.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -21.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.24° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.11° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.