The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 6, 1985
Waning Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 777
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 | 280.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 271.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 18.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.80° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.90° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.89° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.