The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 1977
Waning Crescent
25.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
2:41 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 678
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 | 299.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 247.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 3.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.87° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.19° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.53° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.