The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 2005
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
9:06 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1025
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 | 58.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 125.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 00m / -27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.25° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.41° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.