The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 6, 1947
Waning Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 307
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn 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 | 283.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 269.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.53° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.28° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.