The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 11, 2006
Waning Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:03 PM
1:12 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1037
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 21.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.54° / 3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.80° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.