The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 6, 1948
Waxing Crescent
31.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
9:51 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.2%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 320
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 | 67.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 118.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -26.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.93° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.04° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.62° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.