The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Last Quarter
53.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1111
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.02° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.45° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.04° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.