The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 6, 1950
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
3:29 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 344
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 231.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / 0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.72° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.69° / 0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.40° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.