The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 6, 1998
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
9:41 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 938
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 | 215.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 318.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 15m / 18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.27° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.63° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.