The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
2:40 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 629
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 | 129.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 56.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / 2.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.75° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.93° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.