The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, November 6, 2015
Waning Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 AM
3:02 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Nov 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 3.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.09° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.96° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.