The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, November 6, 1972
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
5:26 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 617
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 | 7.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 169.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 11m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.48° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.15° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.64° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 319.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.