The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 1960
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
9:50 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 468
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 | 216.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 316.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.22° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.21° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.