The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 2001
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
12:27 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 975
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 32m / 23.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.06° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.63° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.