The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
9:51 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 50m / 27.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.49° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.19° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.