The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, November 6, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
3:11 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1099
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 | 135.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 50.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / 4.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.99° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.51° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| 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.