The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, November 6, 1997
Waxing Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
10:59 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 926
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 107.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.12° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.76° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.