The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 6, 1975
Waxing Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
8:18 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 654
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 | 41.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 133.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -20.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.62° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.25° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.68° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.