The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, November 6, 2010
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
6:31 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1087
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 155.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -21.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.31° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.74° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.