The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 1966
Waning Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 280.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 271.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 18.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.99° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.10° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.