The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 6, 1969
Waning Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
3:34 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.1° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -2.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.76° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.82° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.20° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.