The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 6, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
12:42 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 728
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -13.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.91° / -3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.52° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.