The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 1951
First Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 357
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 94.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.87° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.74° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.