The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 1988
Waning Crescent
8.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
3:46 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.0%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 814
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 215.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -7.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.90° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.83° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.01° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.