The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 6, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
67.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
1:45 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 258
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 68.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -12.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.38° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.63° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.