The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 6, 1996
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 AM
3:04 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 913
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 | 307.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.57° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.35° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.