The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
80.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
2:07 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.1%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 62.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -6.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.08° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.67° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.