The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 1983
Waxing Crescent
3.8% 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
8:52 AM
6:45 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 753
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 152.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -20.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.03° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.36° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.