The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 6, 1958
Waning Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
2:31 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 443
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 250.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 4.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.63° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.74° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| 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.