The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 6, 1976
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
6:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 666
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 3:47 PM, is deepest at 6:01 PM and ends at 8:14 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 358.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.61° / -0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 1.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.96° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.