The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
12:32 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 493
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 82.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.83° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.32° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.